Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Hearts in time ❯ Deathmatch ( Chapter 12 )

Hearts in time part 12: Deathmatch
By
Lance the Flamesniper

The cool evening breeze seemed to take a colder chill as Lance stared at the sight before him. A woman Sailor Pluto had called Sailor Uranus stood facing him. It was clear to him that this woman wanted nothing short of to kill him, though why was still not entirely clear. As far as he knew he'd never met this woman, but she certainly made one horrible first impression. On top of that he was starting to feel the familiar tingle of one of those strange strokes coming on...

Please, not now! His mind screamed as he gripped his sword tighter. This was not a good situation. He was injured already and the would-be opponent seemed to be a teammate of Setsuna's. Which meant he couldn't kill her, though that feeling was definitely not mutual. Still there was a silver lining. Setsuna was trying to talk this woman down.

"Don't do this Uranus," Setsuna begged. "Don't ruin our friendship by killing a person I love."

"What if he's evil Setsuna, you and I know he would eventually put all this together and figure out who we all are. When that happens we're screwed!" Sailor Uranus hissed as she shouldered past her longtime friend. "Have you made your peace?"

"No. Because I don't plan on dying today," Lance replied as he willfully stomped down on the stroke that was trying to lay him low.

"We'll see about that!" Amara growled as she charged.

Lance sheathed his katana and neatly flipped the sky senshi with ease. Then the fight was on. He never shifted from his defensive stance, batting Uranus's blade aside several times as he tried not to hurt the woman before him. He slowly channeled the energy that would have left him damaged and at her mercy. In a motion almost too quick to believe, Lance caught Uranus's sword arm and drove his knee into it causing her to drop her weapon. He then back flipped putting himself out of her range.

"Your thrusts are sloppy, you need to be patient and allow motion to flow," Lance replied easily.

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Sailor Uranus froze in her tracks. She remembered hearing that before, a long time ago. It had been from a Plutonian Warrior-prince. He'd always proscribed that combat was a dance and that she lacked the skill to dance properly. Now, she felt as if this man was mocking that memory somehow. "Shut Up!" She roared as she charged again. This time it was hand to hand fighting. She punched, chopped and kicked only to find her opponent to still only be blocking her. It was getting maddening. "Damn you! Fight back!"

"I will not fight someone who isn't an enemy," Came Lance's steely reply. "Still if you wish this to be so..."

Suddenly Sailor Uranus found herself on her back, a victim of a lightning quick front leg sweep. She tried to get up only to find a katana at her throat. "Go ahead. Kill me! Show Setsuna what kind of monster you are!" Sailor Uranus closed her eyes and waited for the loving caress of the katana's razor sharp edge.

Lance let the blade hover at Sailor Uranus's neck for a few more seconds then pulled it way allowing her to hear the hissing of his blade as it slid back into it's sheath. "I've told you before. I don't kill people who aren't my enemies." With that he began walking back toward Setsuna, who quickly powered down.

"I can't let you leave here knowing our cover could be blown!" Sailor Uranus screamed.

Lance looked over his shoulder as his icy blue eyes narrowed. "And just how is your cover blown? I don't know who you are, nor do I really care. All I care about, all I'll ever care about is Setsuna Meioh and what makes her happiest."

"But knowing who she is, means you can figure out who we really are. And I simply don't trust you." the blonde haired woman retorted.

"Then judge me by this. Honesty granted earns honesty in return. I defied the laws of time and space; calling on the power of Eylasion with a spell given me by some man named Chronos, to meet a woman I was sure was merely a dream and that others said was proof I was insane. Wraith and Matt came with me. I tell you this, because I will not lie to Setsuna."

Setsuna blinked. "You came here from another universe."

"Yes. Chronos told me how to get here. And now I've told you, Guardian of the door of Time and Space. You're duty would claim that I'm doomed to death by my deeds and in fact I've been suffering strange strokes since coming here," Lance said with a nod.

"It was a foolish thing you did to come here. My love is not worth such a risk," Setsuna said sadly then her face brightened. "But in your honesty holds one thing that saves you."

"That being?" Amara asked, clearly hoping that Setsuna was about to tell her to gut this annoying time jumper.

"Chronos gave you the way to get here. His decision to send you here was clearly meant to be," Setsuna replied. "And though my love is not worth the risk you took, I give it freely to you."

"And I, give my love to you Setsuna," Lance replied as their lips met again.

"Oh, Brother!" Sailor Uranus groaned as she rolled her eyes then began walking back down the beach. "I don't trust you, but I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt Lance Jayd. If I find I really can trust you we'll get along nicely. Prove me wrong and I will make you pay for it...in spades!"

******

"No. No! NO!" Necros roared as he threw a glass of wine at the nearby wall. "Three Youmas and all he got was some scratches!?"

"My lord, perhaps you should calm down," one of Necros's servants replied. "Remember your blood pressure."

"If I want your opinion Sorceress Adept, I will tell you it! Still, perhaps you're right," Necros sighed. "However I do have a plan."

"You do my lord?" the Sorceress Adept replied. "How may I help you with it?"

"If Chronos can bring someone back from the damn past to give me grief.... so can I!"

TBC
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